Werkendam

Werkendam

Werkendam

Place in North Brabant, Netherlands

Werkendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛrkə(n)ˈdɑm] ⓘ) is a town and a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contained a large part of De Biesbosch area as is located in the province of North Brabant. On January 1sth 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.

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Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.

Transport

Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld.[3] The bus between Utrecht and Breda, and the bus between Gorinchem and Den Bosch goes through Sleeuwijk Tol.

For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the Nieuwe Merwede river.[3]

View of Werkendam and the Nieuwe Merwede river.

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Postcodetool for 4251VZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    (in Dutch) www.voetveren.nl


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